Procurement Manager

Job description

Job responsibilities

• Manage, mentor, and develop a team of buyers, setting priorities, balancing workloads, and ensuring the buying team has the tools, training, and supplier context needed to execute purchase orders accurately and on time
• Partner with Product Sourcing Engineers to align on supplier selection, cost targets, and make-vs-buy decisions, translating their strategic sourcing direction into day-to-day procurement execution
• Coordinate with Product Sourcing Engineers during NPI phases to ensure procurement timelines, supplier qualifications, and BOM readiness support production ramp schedules
• Lead cross-functional projects to achieve cost, quality, and delivery targets
• Monitor and report key performance indicators in regard to performance to plan, surfacing risks and bottlenecks to the buying team and sourcing engineers early
• Support engineering and manufacturing to determine best sources, working alongside Product Sourcing Engineers to validate supplier capabilities
• Identify and execute cost reduction projects in collaboration with sourcing engineers and the buying team
• Negotiate commercial terms with suppliers

Job requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Supply Chain, or related discipline
• 5+ years of supply chain experience in progressive roles
• Experience with technical procurement
• Effective written, verbal, and presentation skills
• Ability to read drawings and blueprints
• Exceptional analytical and organizational skills
• Familiarity with leading ERP systems
• Experience managing or leading a team of buyers or procurement professionals, with a track record of developing talent and driving team performance